Jessica: You Can Get Through This!

Are AP tests and classes, waiting for acceptance letters, trying to decide on a school, figuring out who to go to prom with, looking the end of your high school career in the eye, and/or money problems getting to you? Does it feel like you couldn't get any more stressed? Believe me, I understand--I was in exactly the same position just a year ago.

Here are some quotes that helped me get through; I hope they can help you too, even if it's just a little bit. Sadly, most of these are anonymous:

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"Remember that life develops what it demands - the toughest path creates the strongest warrior. Pray not for a lighter load, but for stronger shoulders."

"Everything will be ok in the end. If it's not ok, it's not the end."

"Some things have to fall apart for others to fall into place"

"If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. No one said it would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it."

"I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday."

"Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more"--Edward H. Harriman

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on"--Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines."--Robert Schuller

My personal advice? Try to laugh. Laugh at the ridiculous amount of studying you have to do for your test, how ridiculous it is that your top school gave you no financial aid (I had to!), and how you were able to reach a new level of stress you didn't even know existed. I know it sounds impossible, but just try--isn't it worth it if you can laugh at yourself for even just a few seconds?

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